Seeing the Electric Eel Grandmaster and Arrowfish Grandmaster die, one felled by a palm, the other by a punch, the Sea Shell Grandmasters who had boasted of devouring Xia Ping were so frightened they nearly wet themselves, their shells snapping shut all over their bodies.
They were overcome with lingering fear. If they had been even a little faster, they would likely have met the same fate as those Grandmasters before them—casually beaten into a pile of scraps by Xia Ping.
"Not good, that brat is coming for us! Run!"
But the three Sea Shell Grandmasters were soon scared half to death, their pupils contracting. Xia Ping had no intention of letting them go. His figure flickered, leaving a string of afterimages behind where he stood, like a Kunpeng soaring through the void.
In just one breath, he had closed in on the three Sea Shell Grandmasters and immediately lashed out with a kick.
The power of this kick was no small matter, like the legendary Heavenly Crippled Kick, carrying the force to shake mountains.
They could all sense the terrifying vortex force contained within Xia Ping's kick. The air twisted into a spiraling current, like a meat grinder; once trapped within it, one would surely be ground to nothing, body and bones alike.
"Sea Shell Clan secret art—Absolute Defense!"
The three Sea Shell Grandmasters shouted, and the shells on their bodies immediately sealed shut. The ancient inscriptions upon them trembled, releasing azure energy barriers that spread outward.
Their barriers even fused together, forming a massive field that covered a radius of several hundred meters, seemingly cutting off all energy.
"They actually used the Sea Shell Clan's secret art!"
The many Sea Demons were shocked. None of them had expected a mere human to force the Sea Shell Grandmasters into